Emergency First Aid at Work (1 day)

Where an organisation’s risk assessment of First Aid needs identifies that there is a requirement for Emergency First Aid at Work practitioners, then this national award for Emergency First Aid at Work satisfies the requirements of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the regulatory body for First Aid.

All learners will have the skills and knowledge to provide the organisation with Emergency First Aiders that can provide treatment to their patients in a prompt, safe and effective manner.

Sample of topics:

Dealing with a patient who is unresponsive and not breathing, including how to use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
Unresponsive and breathing
Having a seizure
Choking
Bleeding heavily
Suffering from shock
Burns

The course also includes information on:

Assessing a casualty
Monitoring a casualty
Where to get help
Electrical incidents
Accident recording and reporting
The control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH).

Duration:

A minimum of six contact hours in the classroom, consisting of practical and theoretical activities, plus some pre-course activity could be required.

Company Number 08937840